Brooder



Patented May 1 927;

. 1,627,346 PATENT OFFICE;

,ANDBEW I. SHULEB, 01' ABCANUH, OHIO; MARY I. SHULEB AND W. B. PHULEB, E x- EOUTOBS OI SAID ANDREW I. SEULER, DECEASED, ASBIGHOBS TO K. I. SHEER OOHPAHY, O1 QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

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Application flail October 8, 1982. Serial Io, 508,848.

- This invention relates to brooders for chicks and "the like.

One object ofthe invention is to provide a brooder of a simple, durable construction, the hood of which will be of such a character that access may be had to all parts thereof through a suitable opening.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the device is described in detail.

In the accompanying drawin Fig. 1 is a plan view of a brooder em ying my 1nvention, partly broken away; Fig. '2 1s a side elevation of the same. with one shutter open; and Fi 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of ig. 1.

In these drawings '1 have illustrated one embodiment of my invention and "have shown the same as comprising a heater, or stove, consisting of abase 1, a fire bowl 2 mounted on a base and having its upper portion of reater diameter than its lower portion, and a cylindrical portion 3 mounted on the upper end of the fire bowl and havinfi in its to an opening through which fue may be ed to the fire, this opening being closed by the usual stove lid 4. An outlet pipe 5 for the products of combustion is connected with the cylindrical portion 3 near the top thereofand is here .shownin the form of an elbow, the outer end of which may .beconneted with a stove gpe of suitable length. A battle 6' exten across the inner end-of the outlet pipe and is open at itsends and bottoin, but closed at the top,..

softhat to permit the passage of smoke and, gases, but to prevent solidmatter from enteringthe pipe. I 1 A hover'e'x'tends' about and is sup rted bythe stoye,"on heater,..and, as here s own,- comprises-ahood T'liavin'g a central-opening topermit it tobe placed about the heater and having'in one side thereof an .may be had" 0 nmg through which to the'base 0f,1-th0 -1168 te1 to "regulate the fire, remove etc, and. which mits the space beneath, the" hover-ito' be cleaned. border that allspau beneath the hover may be accessible through theopening the hover as a whole is rotateblyjmounted on the heater so. that "the opening my .4 bex-m'ovedto my side of the-beaten and may mounted upon a'he'at q 'in any di'rd'hatnnnbut in the present instance sheet metal.

edges of the ,p e creforey t the hover as a who "hover ma be of an'yidesired the upper cylindrical-portion 3 of the heater has an outwardly extending ledge, or flange, 8 and the hover comprises-a ring of metal 9 which extends about the heater and rests upon this fiange. The main portion, or hood of the hover, which is shown at 7, is secured to this ring by'means of bolts, or

rivets, 10. The central portion of thehood is preferably continuous and forms an unbroken circle about the heater and the outer portion, of the 'hood is cut away on one side" thereof, as shown at 11, to provide the opening through which accessis had to the space beneath the hover. This opening is of less width than the width of the hood and, therefore, the central portion of the hood is not broken, but is continuous. The hover may be reinforced atits outer Edge in any suitable manner, as by a wire extending entirely about the same and secured thereto in the manner which is customary in reinforcin The 'opening 11 may be cl by a -movable closure of any suitable kind but as here shown I have employed two shutters 12 rwhich are hinged at their opposite edges to the at the respective opening. .Preferably the shutters overlap both the central rtion of the hood and the edge portions t ereof adjacent to the opening, the hinges 13 being spaced short distances Vfrom the edges of the olpening. I also prefer that the shutters s ould overlap one another at their meetingLedges and I 'haveshown one shutter as provided with; a clip 14 to extend over the other and retain them vin their proper overlapping-positions. The edges of the hood adjacent to the opening may be reinforced in any desired manner and in the present which are connected at points above the hoodf I Bussuw construction Ihave employed brace rods 15,

with brackets 17 rigidly secured to the hood and'thei-ring' 9." The connections" between the and the brackets are preferably formed by nuts 18 which permit of the rods ad usted to support i'n'the proper 'tion's, It will be a' .of the comprises "a a continuous portion which is rotatably upon the heater moved into any desired positionwith relation to the heater. Further, it will be a parent, that the hover as a whole may lifted from the stove by removing the elbow 5 and the controlling arm, which will be hereinafter described, by tilting the same to enable one side of the ring to clear that edgeby means of a thermostat 21 which is carried by an arm 22 rigidly secured to the heater and is connected with one end of a lever23 pivotally mounted on brackets 24 carried by the arm 22 and having its other end connected with the damper 20. The arrangement is such that the expansion and contraction of the thermostat will cause the damper to be raised or lowered, thus regulating the draft and the fire. The amount of movement imparted to the damper b the thermostat may be controlled by a t umb nut, or other suitable device 25 and it will be noted that. the arrangement of thermostatic control isentirel above the hover and-is so arranged that it is readily accessible for adjustment or other purpose, and, further, that its operation will not be interfered with by the chicks roosting on the same, as isfrequently the case when it is beneath the hover. Ordinarily the difi'erence between the temperature beneath the hover and that above the same will not interfere with the correct regulation of the temperature beneath the hover, because the thermostat may be adjusted to maintain the desired temperature beneath the hover. In the event difliculty should be experienced, under certain conditions, due tothis difierence in temperature, it can be readily overcome by permitting the warm air from beneath the over to escape through an o ning in the hover arranged directly beneat the thermostat so that the warm air will come in con tact with the thermostat. The opening ma be controlledin any suitable manner. Wit

edge'o on all sides of the heater throu h a suitable opening. Further, the contro ingdevice, as has been stated, is readily accessible.

While I have shown and described one em bodiment of my invention I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the details thereof as various modifications may occur to a person skilled inthe art. a

Having'now fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v V

1. In a brooder, a heater, a hover having a continuous relatively narrow inner portion supported by said heater and having its outer portion cut away on one side thereof to form an openmgilextending from said inner .portion.throug the outer edge of said hover, a movable closure for said opening, and rods connected with said inner portion and with the outer edge of said hover at the respective sides of said opening to support the outer edge of said hover at thelateral edges of said 0 ening.

a b er, a heater, 0. hover comprising a rings extending about and rotatably support ou said heater, a hood supported yand extending outwardly from said ring and having an opening in one side thereof and a closure hinged to the lateral f said opening and supported by said ring when in its closed position.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signa ture hereto.

ANDREW F. SHULER. 

